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The Kobuk Junior Dictionary is from the 1979 Alaska Native Language Center Publication, available for purchase for $30 the ANLC website.


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every day -future-
uvluġaġikpan

Take your medication daily.
Uvluġaġikpan iisiḷḷaayumuutin.

every day -past/present-
uvluġaġikman

He took his medication daily. or He is taking his medication daily.
Uvluġaġikman iisiraġaqtuq.

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saputit

to be blocked, to be dammed by a beaver
sapi-

it is dammed
sapiruq

The beaver has dammed the lake.
Pałuqtam sapigaa narvaq.

:
to cause damage, to ruin something
miqutchi- or piiyaqtai-

he is causing damage, ruining something
miqutchiruq

he is causing damage, he breaking something
piiyaqtairuq

He is causing damage to our land.
Miqutchiruq nunaptitnik.

She is causing damage to my house.
Piiyaqtairuq tupimnik.
:
to be damp
aiḷḷau-

It is damp.
Aiḷḷauruq.

The towel is damp.
Ivgun aiḷḷauruq.

to become damp, to become humid
aiḷaq-

It has become damp.
Aiḷaġaa.

The weather has become humid.
Aiḷaġaa siḷa.

2. dampness
aiḷḷaq

to smell damp, musty
aiḷḷaqsuŋnit-

It smells damp.
Aiḷḷaqsuŋnitchuq.

:
dance to dance
aula-

she is dancing
aularuq, dl. aularuk, pl. aularut

The woman is dancing.
Aġnaq aularuq.

he is dancing it -the dance-
aulagaa, dl. aulagaak, pl. aulagaat

2. to do a motion dance
sayuq-

She is dancing to a motion dance song.
Aulagaa sayuun. or
Sayuqtuq.

3. motion dance song
sayuun

4. traditional or common dance song
atuutipiaq
:
iqsu, dl. iqsuk, pl. iqsut

Dandruff is white.
Iqsut qatiqtut.

:
expression of or an exclamation of warning, fear, danger
aachikaaŋ

It is dangerous! I don’t want to go.
Aachikaaŋ! Aullaġunġitchuŋa.

Be careful of brown bears!
or I am scared of brown bears.
Aachikaaŋ akłat!

2. to be dangerous
navianaq-

it is dangerous
navianaqtuq

You may meet danger.
Navianaqtaamun tikitpiaqtutin.
:
to be dark
taaq-

it is dark
taaqtuq

At night it is dark.
Unnuami taaqtuq.

2. to become dark
taaqsi-

It has become dark.
Taaqsiruq.

It is getting dark.
Taaqsiuraaqtuq.

You have become tanned.
Taaqsiñiiqsutin.

3. to become shorter, of days, after summer solstice
taaqsisuqsi-

The days are getting shorter.
Taaqsisuqsiyaa.

:
panik

my daughter
paniga

your daughter
paniiñ

his/her daughter
pania

I love my daughter.
Paniga nakuaġigiga.
:
uvluq, dl. uvluk, pl. uviut

The day is bright.
Uvluq qaumaruq.

2. day after tomorrow
uŋalliagu or uŋalliagun

He is going fishing day-after-tomorrow.
Qalliaġniaqtuq uŋalliagu.

Day-after-tomorrow we are going to eat fish.
Unalliaġun qaluktuġniaqtugut.

3. day before yesterday
ikpaksratqik or uŋalliani

It rained the day-before-yesterday.
Ikpaksratqik siḷaluktuq.

4. to become longer, of days
uvluqtusri-

The days are getting longer.
Uvluqtusriruq.

Now that it is spring, the days have become longer.
Upinġaksraqman uvluqtusriruq uvva.

5. The days are becoming short again.
Uvluigaqsiḷgitchuq.

The days get short again when it is autumn.
Uvluigaqsiḷgitchuq ukiaksraqman.
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to be deaf
tusratlait-, tusraatlait-

she is deaf
tusratlaitchuq, dl. tusratlaitchuk, pl. tusratlaitchut

The elderly person is deaf.
Utuqqanaaq tusratlaitchuq.

2. to be partially deaf, to have difficulty hearing
tusraqsuit-

He is partially deaf.
He has difficulty hearing.
Tusraqsuitchuq.

:
tuqułiq

We will all experience death.
Tuqułiq iluqata apqusraaqsaġumagikput.
:
a debt
taimuŋaaqtaq, akiqsruun

I came to pay my debt.
Akiḷiġiakkaġa akiqsruutiga.
or Akiḷiġiakk taimuŋaaqtaġa.
:
Siqiñaatchiaq
-lit. little sunlight

The days become short in December.
Uvlut naigḷiraqtut Siqiñaatchiami.
:
to decide
sivunniuq-, sivunniq-

During the meeting, after discussing it, they decided to follow him.
Katima’amiŋ, uqaksraqtugaluaqamiŋ, sivunniuqtut maligukługu.

2. decision
sivunniuġun

That is their decision.
Tara sivunniuġutaat.

:
to be deep
iti-

it is deep
itiruq, dl. itiruk, pl. itirut

The ocean is deep.
Itiruq taġiuq.

:
to defraud, to rob
ivayai-

he is defrauding, he is robbing [someone or others]
ivayairuq

2. to defraud, rob [repeatedly]
ivayaqtuq-

he is defrauding her, she is robbing him
ivayaqtuġaa, dl. ivayaqtuġaak, pl. ivayaqtuġaat

He is robbing him of his belongings.
Ivayaqtuġaa sulliñġiñik.

She is defrauding the children.
Ivayaqtuiruq iyaalugruaġnik.

:
to demand
atanġuniaq-

she is demanding
atanġuniaqtuq

She is demanding to have it.
Atanġuniaqtuq pigisrukługu.
:
to demonstrate
urriqsuq-

he is demonstrating it, he is showing it by his actions
urriqsuġaa, dl. urriqsuġaak, pl. urriqsuġaat

2. to demonstrate [to others]
urriqsui-

she is demonstrating
urriqsuiruq

She is demonstrating how to make clothes.
Urriqsuiruq atnuġarriiġmik.

3. demonstration

a demonstration, an example
urriqsuun or urrakusraun

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